
Yesterday monday,some gunmen attacked a hotel in Mali's capital,Bamako that had been converted into the headquarters of a European Union military training operation,but there no casualties among the mission's personnel.There was no immediate claim of responsibility ffor the attack,which began at around 6:30 pm local time,but Mali and neighboring West African countries have increasingly been the target of Islamist militants,some of them affiliated with al-Qaeda.One of the assailants was killed and two suspects were arrested and were being interrogated,the country's internal security minister said.A witness said the attack targeted Bamako's Nord-Sud Hotel,headquarters for the mission of nearly 600 EU personnel deployed to Mali to train its security forces.''The attackers tried to force through the entry and the guards posted in front of the entrance opened fire.One attackers was killed''.One more photo below.
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